The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-23
WHAT ARE WE COMING TOT
THE NEW YORK GRE IND KER
BROTHER

What = Life % leisure Does for the Med
ern wsnaa-- what The Tell s,d Worry
that Precurss u Does ter the Msn.
An extraordinary change has come over
tho New York girl In the past generation.
Everybody has noticed II. She 10 not only
tho crack girl Of America, but her beauty.
spirit, and dash have commanded attention
and admiration everywhere abroad. Il is all
q triumph of recent years Tho New York
woman has gone ahead, while the New York
man has rstroRraded. A generation OF abso-
Lutte leisure. unlimited wealth. limitlese advan-
tages, outdoor exercises, tennis. yachting and
European travel have lifted to-day's New
York women far above their mothers In physi-
cal beauty and the accomplishments OF the
world. Husbands and fathers have footed tho
bill. Specimens OF sturdy, robust, and vfgor-
GUS manhood are not as numerous a. they
were. The life and death struggle for wealth
which has built up the New York woman,
has made q stoop-shouldered and overworked
dyspeptic Of tho New York man. The beauty
and grandeur Of his vile have been bought ct
heavy prioe.
At the Metropolitan Opera any night. an OBJ
server Of New York people may see the history
OF this recent development written In the faces
OF the men and women In the boxes. The
effect is everywhere the same. Take the first
box that your glass lights upon. Sitting In
front and In tho full glare OF the many lights In
the thousands Of eyes are two women the wife
oil famous merchant and her sister. They
rustic In with superb Indifference to the public
gaze. at half-past eight or nine O'Clock. throw
of their wraps, seat themselves CAREFULLY and
about IS. the sister 2o Everything about
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and repOse OF the elder show that such thing
as care and anxiety are unknown. She 10 the
beauty: She turns and speaks In Q careless
and Indifferent way to some one 10 tne rear a, Of
s Witch Gos Strikes i the Observer as Ssns JUS,
pathetic, is the answer. That Is the husband
who Is sitting In tho corner. He is the million.
il 20 and looks S. lis figure is shrunken. his
fsed and strained force OF eternal anxiety
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| dences Of incessanl work and overwrought
constitution and indomitable will power. II is
steal i've hours Of sieep In the twenty -four and
Who L proud , h. can keep the h siiP going to
ssss III ws IN sh' Is not
Any man who looks behind the nrst row 81
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will SEQ lace after face that mas the history OF .
But tie faces 81 the women are, as serene as
their health Is perfect and their habit ex.raya-
p Professional and business men Of The town.
whose names are known throughout the coun.
try, The women form ths only leisure ciass"
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An Engllshman OF title vino has written .
puts. sat in Dslmonico's restaurant with the
writer one afternoon. short time aEo. watsh,
az Fife o
III it is true, be said. that the spanish
make hs bes r.. q the
shop with him. and gradually presses his chill
age age. An EnsiisHmsn forces his wife TO do the
housework and attend to the heavier duties 81
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himself in a positfon TO twist his funds to some
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while be has TO sleep IN the store. spends an
Fhs same ssnttmens pervssdss all grades Of
archs' balls last season. and these assemblies
are; believe, acknowledged TO be absolutely
the VIZ an
pie stream in. I have seen many throngs q
that. There seemed to, be literally NO end TO
the specimens Of female loveliness But the
the, robust and powerful physique Of English.
and Germans, and Russians. nor the look
20 she men an Of f france, issy and spaiS
though they sSe often small
IN business q proIessiopsl lie: The fathers
sons and the daughters Of the same family
was enough to cause almost anybody to stop
shs srash and
Ssf about 9Ssr h,d Se...
played tennis and Walked or drove in the open
air. had . siesta in the afternoon, and were
nerve and every force carefully nurtursd and
every muscle well trained.
OF
ish sleep rush down town and ). drive away Ct
their meals are oolted; and they naturally re-
vert to sssimulan,s for their I work ,..., -,
ocean voyage cora or q trip On the Continent. After
three or four months they come back to Amer
there they 60 to The bracing air 81 the BerE-
A e RaE hsrS Se Or
have Outdoor .ysshtlng, tennls. horsebaek
exercise ourtshtng food. and the best OF at
tendance. All the time their brothers have
been driving away In hot OFFICES and through
all sorts 81 wenther, to gain the yherewithal.
this. I saw the result that night al the Patri-
who come In here. and who are passing on
Fifth avenue. The men are small. shrivelled.
the girls who swing easily at their sides are
taller. stronger. fresher. and hands9mer In
every point than their brothers. They top
them in weight. and probably in actual muscu.
The writer recalled a scene at the Hotel
Brunswick at y coaching club dinner some
time ago. All OF the members OF the club are
people of importance socially. It Ia In fact the
most pretentions organization In the country.
When the guests llled in, they stood for a mo-
and beautiful decora!ions Of the room. Every
ahead a hundred years would be interesting
with this subject in view. II things 60 on At
the present rate, by that time, the big and ma
jestlc women OF New York will probably be
leading race OF pigmies about with strings.
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